Found this on the net if anyone is interested and wants to try it out. This says to make them with Linen thread, but we make them out of yarn, adding beads to the spokes etc..Bit of history then how to do them...Cheers...Cher Here is a variation in the directions: From The Lady's Guide to Plain...

http://dorsetbuttons.com/ Thought I'd better start a new thread, here you go Gem this is what I meant by making the buttons...you just put a loop on the back to stitch them to clothes, but they make good earrings etc too. I've searched several pages now and can't find any online instructions on...

Hi Noreen, Just wanted to wish you all the best for the coming holiday season, I didn't send you a card as I don't now know your snail mail and noted you were on the move etc etc so anyway just know that I am thinking of you. higz Cher

I use a Loopa weave thingy, although why its associated with the word weave is beyond me as you don't weave with it. just do a figure 8 and end up with a long looped scarf. So what is the ''magic loop'' many thnx Cher

If anyone is interested in a Batik specific forum them please respond to this and we will set one up.

I want you to MEMORIZE the collected poems of EDNA ST VINCENT MILLAY .... BACKWARDS!!

When the pattern says to slip as if to Purl, is the yarn in the front or the back. I always forget. I need to write it down somewhere.

Every time I weave in the yarn ends, they seem to work their way loose and I end up with all these loose ends popping out everwhere. Usually after I wash an item for the first time. What am I doing wrong? I weave them in one way and then back again plus try splitting the yarn. If they are on...

I am thinking about ordering some 12 inch knitting needles to make some baby hats. Has anyone used them? And how did they like them? I use double point needles, but have a problem of dropping stitches which irritates me to no end, so thought these might be useful up to the point where you get...

I am putting an I-cord bind off around the top of a purse that I plan to felt. I am all the way around to where I have just 3 stitches left on the needle and now what do I do? How do I bind off the last 3 stitches and join with the beginning?

I am getting ready to start my first fingerless gloves. I have 2 patterns that I have found. One is knit in the round with dpn's. The other is knit on 2 straight needles. Has anyone made gloves with the 2 straight needles? And how did they turn out. I am a beginner/intermediate knitter and...

I just started my first sweater. The pattern calls for a size 10 and 7 needles. I did my gauge swatch with the larger needles and I needed to change to a size 8. But I only did the swatch for 2 inches, not the 4 inches called for in the pattern. So I figured that I would have to go down to a...

Are 12 inch circular needles 12 inches including the needles, or are they 12 inch cables and then add the needles?

I was shopping at Wal Mart a couple of days and saw the Red Heart Tiki yarn. Picked up a couple of balls for my granddaughter. Has anyone used this yarn? Does anyone know of a pattern for a scarf using this yarn? Or maybe a belt? I taught her to knit this past summer, so she is just a beginner.

I am making a purse and the pattern says it is a "Woven Transverse Herringbone". The directions say to "k2, *sl2 wyif, k2; rep". When I do the sl2 wyif, does that mean to slip as if to knit with the yarn in front? The next row says to p2, sl2 wyib, p2,etc. Again, do I slip as if to purl with the...

All, 'allo! I'm a lurker coming out of the woodwork. I have a friend who would like to have a poncho in pink. I don't usually use patterns, because I prefer to freestyle. Though, I've never made a poncho, I know they're not too much different than a shawl, but I just can't picture how to do...

So I briefly went to the Stitches West marketplace with a friend, thinking that I wouldn't be buying anything. Hahaha. I now have four large skeins (? what is the term for yarn folded into 2 foot long loops?) and I want to wind them into balls. I started doing one of them and it immediately got...

Hi everyone , Do anyone know where I may be able to find some more Pantile brown yarn .IF so would they let me know please.Thanks a bunch.Stella Color 283 Pantile brown Red Heart Dye lot 1803416 it is 4 ply hand knitting yarn Thanks Again .Stella

Just dropping by to say hello everyone.and take care.Stella